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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






2. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






3. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






4. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






5. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






6. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






7. Term used to visualize a recreation of audio-video






8. Technique of shading using dots to control value






9. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






10. Creates blue dye






11. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






12. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






13. Material used to imbed rings - bracelets - necklaces -etc when making hand-wrought jewelry






14. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






15. Application of potassium sulphide






16. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






17. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






18. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






19. The amount of light reflected by a hue






20. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






21. Pottery that has been fired but not yet glazed.






22. Renowned for paintings and prints






23. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






24. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust






25. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






26. A matted tangle of hair or fiber






27. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






28. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






29. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






30. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






31. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






32. A simple printmaking technique in which ink or paint is appleid to a metal or plastic plate - worked with various tools - and then printed onto paper using a press - roller - or other pressure.






33. Process of smoothing metal surface witha flat or slightly round-faced hammer






34. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






35. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






36. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






37. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






38. Journalist who questioned the policies of the governor of New York in the 1700's. He was jailed; he sued - and this court case was the basis for our freedom of speech and press. He was found not guilty.






39. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






40. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






41. A philosophical doctrine and literary and dramatic movement that insists on the existence of individuals as basic and important. believes that the world is inhernetly meaningless and individuals must find meaning in their literal - concrete existence






42. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






43. Formed in relief by beating a metal plate from the back - leaving the impression on the face






44. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






45. Emphasis of this architecture is on the horizontal






46. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






47. Something that supports a sculpture






48. Where the revolving door was fully developed






49. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






50. Wrought iron - hammered copper - painted tin NOT pewter